Paul Bunyan and the Frozen Flames
Michigan, Tall Tales
retold by
S. E. Schlosser
One winter, shortly after Paul Bunyan dug Lake Michigan as a drinking hole for his blue ox, Babe, he decided to camp out in the Upper Peninsula. It was so cold in that there logging camp, that one evening, the temperature dropped to 68 degrees below zero. Each degree in the camp thermometer measured sixteen inches long and the flames in the lanterns froze solid. No one, not even Paul Bunyan, could blow them out.
The lumberjacks didn't want the bunkhouse lit at night, because they wouldn't get any sleep. So they put the lanterns way outside of camp where they wouldn't disturb anyone. But they forgot about the lanterns, so that when thaw came in the the early spring, the lanterns flared up again and set all of northern Michigan on fire! They had to wake Paul Bunyan up so he could stamp out the fire with his boots.
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Posted by: Anonymous | July 12, 2010 04:49 PM
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Posted by: bob | September 28, 2010 04:35 PM
really funny,i like the frosen flames part, tell the camp men to be more careful about the frozen things they leave out!
Posted by: kitkat24/7 | September 29, 2010 03:06 PM
It is cool that the fire was still frozen until Spring.
Posted by: Roddy | October 3, 2010 07:32 PM
It is cool that the fire was still frozen until Spring.
Posted by: Roddy | October 3, 2010 07:33 PM
I like the lil storie it was cute!!!
Posted by: Jennifer | November 1, 2010 09:06 AM
awesome
Posted by: Anonymous | November 8, 2010 09:13 AM
Haha.I'm doing a project on tall tales.This one is cool.
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Posted by: Someone | January 20, 2011 07:04 PM
awesome
Posted by: someone | January 24, 2011 11:43 AM
it was cute
Posted by: cheese | January 24, 2011 12:14 PM
so funny
Posted by: ashley | February 4, 2011 01:12 PM
weird
Posted by: Anonymous | February 16, 2011 12:42 PM
that was a pretty good folklore
Posted by: chevy taylor | February 18, 2011 08:25 AM
it was pretty good because fire is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: Anonymous | June 5, 2011 01:43 PM
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Posted by: alex | November 13, 2012 11:17 AM